Introduction: The systemic HIF-2 alpha inhibitor, belzutifan, has been approved for use in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL)-associated renal cell carcinoma, central nervous system (CNS) hemangioblastomas, and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. This drug has also shown promise in controlling VHL retinal hemangioblastomas (RHs), but little work has been published on the use of the drug in this setting.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of patients with VHL-associated RHs followed by the retina service at our institution who were treated with systemic belzutifan.
Purpose: To investigate the distribution of genotypes and natural history of ABCA4-associated retinal disease in a large cohort of patients seen at a single institution.
Design: Retrospective, single-institution cohort review.
Participants: Patients seen at the University of Iowa between November 1986 and August 2022 clinically suspected to have disease caused by sequence variations in ABCA4.
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the earliest and most severe retinal degeneration (RD), and the most common cause of incurable blindness diagnosed in children. It is occasionally the presenting symptom of multisystemic ciliopathies which diagnosis will require a specific care of patients. Nineteen LCA genes are currently identified and three of them account for both non-syndromic and syndromic forms of the disease.
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